diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 15cc60aa4..e0f057d3d 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -2419,3 +2419,5 @@ seen. gmtime warning still there
 - Fixed a problem in the new win32 resolver code
 - Added HOOKTYPE_UNKUSER_QUIT (disconnects of unregistered clients).
 - Fixed a Linux PPC problem (#0001242)
+- Made the win32 version use libtre for regex rather than GNU regex
+  libtre is smaller, faster, and more feature rich.
diff --git a/makefile.win32 b/makefile.win32
index 4446c4f77..7569c8993 100644
--- a/makefile.win32
+++ b/makefile.win32
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ CONF:
 	
 
 ./WIRCD.EXE: $(OBJ_FILES) $(MOD_FILES) SRC/win32/WIN32.RES
-        $(LINK) $(LFLAGS) $(OBJ_FILES) $(MOD_FILES) SRC/win32/WIN32.RES SRC/WIN32/GNU_REGEX.LIB  /MAPINFO:LINES /MAP
+        $(LINK) $(LFLAGS) $(OBJ_FILES) $(MOD_FILES) SRC/win32/WIN32.RES SRC/WIN32/TRE.LIB /MAPINFO:LINES /MAP
 	-@erase src\win32\win32.res
 !IFNDEF DEBUG
  @echo Non Debug version built 
diff --git a/makefile.win32.ssl b/makefile.win32.ssl
index 3e8683f7f..3f90524c0 100644
--- a/makefile.win32.ssl
+++ b/makefile.win32.ssl
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ CONF:
 	
 
 ./WIRCD.EXE: $(OBJ_FILES) $(MOD_FILES) SRC/win32/WIN32.RES
-        $(LINK) $(LFLAGS) $(OBJ_FILES) $(MOD_FILES) SRC/win32/WIN32.RES SRC/WIN32/GNU_REGEX.LIB  /MAPINFO:LINES /MAP
+        $(LINK) $(LFLAGS) $(OBJ_FILES) $(MOD_FILES) SRC/win32/WIN32.RES SRC/WIN32/TRE.LIB /MAPINFO:LINES /MAP
 	-@erase src\win32\win32.res
 !IFNDEF DEBUG
  @echo Non Debug version built 
diff --git a/makefile.win32.ssl.ziplink b/makefile.win32.ssl.ziplink
index 06f9034cf..19d079f1b 100644
--- a/makefile.win32.ssl.ziplink
+++ b/makefile.win32.ssl.ziplink
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ CONF:
 	
 
 ./WIRCD.EXE: $(OBJ_FILES) $(MOD_FILES) SRC/win32/WIN32.RES
-        $(LINK) $(LFLAGS) $(OBJ_FILES) $(MOD_FILES) SRC/win32/WIN32.RES SRC/WIN32/GNU_REGEX.LIB  /MAPINFO:LINES /MAP
+        $(LINK) $(LFLAGS) $(OBJ_FILES) $(MOD_FILES) SRC/win32/WIN32.RES SRC/WIN32/TRE.LIB /MAPINFO:LINES /MAP
 	-@erase src\win32\win32.res
 !IFNDEF DEBUG
  @echo Non Debug version built 
diff --git a/makefile.win32.ziplink b/makefile.win32.ziplink
index e637b161e..f3f2a9bdf 100644
--- a/makefile.win32.ziplink
+++ b/makefile.win32.ziplink
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ CONF:
 	
 
 ./WIRCD.EXE: $(OBJ_FILES) $(MOD_FILES) SRC/win32/WIN32.RES
-        $(LINK) $(LFLAGS) $(OBJ_FILES) $(MOD_FILES) SRC/win32/WIN32.RES SRC/WIN32/GNU_REGEX.LIB  /MAPINFO:LINES /MAP
+        $(LINK) $(LFLAGS) $(OBJ_FILES) $(MOD_FILES) SRC/win32/WIN32.RES SRC/WIN32/TRE.LIB /MAPINFO:LINES /MAP
 	-@erase src\win32\win32.res
 !IFNDEF DEBUG
  @echo Non Debug version built 
diff --git a/src/win32/gnu_regex.dll b/src/win32/gnu_regex.dll
deleted file mode 100644
index e5d929f7f..000000000
Binary files a/src/win32/gnu_regex.dll and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/src/win32/gnu_regex.lib b/src/win32/gnu_regex.lib
deleted file mode 100644
index ff6054bdb..000000000
Binary files a/src/win32/gnu_regex.lib and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/src/win32/tre.lib b/src/win32/tre.lib
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fcfe4b016
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/win32/tre.lib differ
diff --git a/src/win32/unrealinst.iss b/src/win32/unrealinst.iss
index 873016d73..b613ca5f0 100644
--- a/src/win32/unrealinst.iss
+++ b/src/win32/unrealinst.iss
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ Source: "..\..\badwords.message.conf"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: ignoreversion
 Source: "..\..\Changes"; DestDir: "{app}"; DestName: "Changes.txt"; Flags: ignoreversion
 Source: "..\..\Changes.old"; DestDir: "{app}"; DestName: "Changes.old.txt"; Flags: ignoreversion
 Source: "..\..\Donation"; DestDir: "{app}"; DestName: "Donation.txt"; Flags: ignoreversion
-Source: ".\gnu_regex.dll"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: ignoreversion
 Source: "..\..\help.conf"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: ignoreversion
 Source: "..\..\LICENSE"; DestDir: "{app}"; DestName: "LICENSE.txt"; Flags: ignoreversion
 Source: "..\..\Unreal.nfo"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: ignoreversion